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World Series ratings rebound

Associated Press

Thursday, November 5, 2009

NEW YORK -- World Series television ratings bounced back from last year's record lows. The New York Yankees' six-game victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Fox averaged an 11.7 rating and 19 share. That's the highest since a 15.8/26 in 2004, when the Boston Red Sox swept the St. Louis Cardinals to end an 86-year championship drought. It's up 39 percent from the record-low 8.4/14 for the 2008 Phillies-Tampa Bay Rays series. Fox said Thursday that was the biggest one-year increase ever. Gam ...

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